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Commission approves Deer Island restoration variances and federal consistency certification
Summary
After staff review and agency concurrence, the commission recommended approval of variances and a federal consistency certification for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-led Deer Island habitat restoration project that will fill water bottoms and build containment cheniers to restore roughly 400 acres of habitat.
The Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources voted to recommend the executive director approve requested variances and find the Deer Island restoration project consistent with the Mississippi Coastal Program.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) application seeks to restore Deer Island’s historic footprint by placing fill on water bottoms and establishing upland and marsh habitat, plus a nearshore segmented breakwater. DMR staff told the commission the project would convert about 272 acres of unvegetated coastal water bottom and ultimately restore roughly 400 acres of productive habitats including dunes, maritime forest and tidal marsh.
DMR staff summarized permitting history and technical details: the subaward funding comes through the Mississippi Department of…
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